OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-RNA is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
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microRNAs‐based diagnostic and therapeutic applications in liver fibrosis	92
Emerging roles of RNA‐binding proteins in fatty liver disease	87
Applications of the versatile CRISPR‐Cas13 RNA targeting system	81
tRNA‐Derived Fragments in Age‐Related Diseases: A Systematic Review	61
Non‐coding RNAs in diseases with a focus on osteoarthritis	59
Molecular regulation of hypoxia through the lenses of noncoding RNAs and epitranscriptome	47
RNA nucleotide methylation: 2021 update	43
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Two Birds With One Stone: RNA Virus Strategies to Manipulate G3BP1 and Other Stress Granule Components	42
Epi‐miRNAs: Modern mediators of methylation status in human cancers	37
Poly(A) tale: From A to A; RNA polyadenylation in prokaryotes and eukaryotes	37
Time to infer miRNA sponge modules	36
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Alternative polyadenylation: An enigma of transcript length variation in health and disease	34
Measuring the tail: Methods for poly(A) tail profiling	33
Rules and impacts of nonsense‐mediated mRNA decay in the degradation of long noncoding RNAs	33
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Characterization of circular RNAs with advanced sequencing technologies in human complex diseases	30
Partners in crime: Proteins implicated in RNA repeat expansion diseases	29
The regulatory role of N⁶‐methyladenosine modification in the interaction between host and microbes	29
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The Quaking RNA‐binding proteins as regulators of cell differentiation	26

The curious case of the disappearing piRNAs	25
To RNA‐binding and beyond: Emerging facets of the role of Rbfox proteins in development and disease	25
Intron‐Derived Lariat RNAs Go Stable	25
The many facets of miR‐223 in cancer: Oncosuppressor, oncogenic driver, therapeutic target, and biomarker of response	24
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The Unusual Role of Ribonuclease L in Innate Immunity	24
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Exploring the interplay between PARP1 and circRNA biogenesis and function	22
Evolutionary driving forces of A‐to‐I editing in metazoans	22
The Phantom Mark: Enigmatic roles of phospho‐Threonine 4 modification of the C‐terminal domain of RNA polymerase II	22
Functional and regulatory impact of chimeric RNAs in human normal and cancer cells	20
Pervasive role of the long noncoding RNA DNM3OS in development and diseases	20
The Role of Non‐Coding RNA in Systemic Sclerosis: From Mechanism to Translation	19
Role of Assemblysomes in Cellular Stress Responses	19
Mechanisms of RNA export and nuclear retention	19
Compositional biases in RNA viruses: Causes, consequences and applications	18
PiRNAs, PiRNA‐Like, and PIWI Proteins in Somatic Cells: From Genetic Regulation to Disease Mechanisms	18
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Roles of non‐coding RNAs in eye development and diseases	16
Regulation of alternative splicing: Functional interplay with epigenetic modifications and its implication to cancer	15
tRNA‐derived RNAs: Biogenesis and roles in translational control	15
The “guiding” principles of noncoding RNA function	15
Orchestrated centers for the production of proteins or “translation factories”	15
Choosing the right exit: How functional plasticity of the nuclear pore drives selective and efficient mRNA export	15
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miR‐135b: A Potential Biomarker for Pathological Diagnosis and Biological Therapy	15
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Recent insights into the structure, function, and regulation of the eukaryotic transfer RNA splicing endonuclease complex	15
Noncoding RNAs: Emerging regulators of behavioral complexity	15
Regulation of microRNA by circular RNA	14
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Roles of minor spliceosome in intron recognition and the convergence with the better understood major spliceosome	14
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Sex and the basal mRNA synthesis machinery	14
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Beyond reader proteins: RNA binding proteins and RNA modifications in conversation to regulate gene expression	13
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Developmental roles and molecular mechanisms of Asterix/GTSF1	13
Deciphering brain cellular and behavioral mechanisms: Insights from single‐cell and spatial RNA sequencing	13
Eukaryotic splicing machinery in the plant–virus battleground	13
RNA–protein interactomes as invaluable resources to study RNA viruses: Insights from SARS CoV‐2 studies	13
Cyclin‐dependent kinases: Masters of the eukaryotic universe	12
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Regulation and outcomes of localized RNA translation	12
Micro‐RNAs: A safety net to protect hematopoietic stem cell self‐renewal	12
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Detecting the epitranscriptome	11
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Noncoding RNAs in oral cancer	11
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Recent insights into the world of dual‐function bacterial sRNAs	10
RNA m6A modifications regulate crosstalk between tumor metabolism and immunity	10
Targeting DEAD‐box RNA helicases: The emergence of molecular staples	9
Revealing the hidden RBP–RNA interactions with RNA modification enzyme‐based strategies	9
Synthetic antibodies for accelerated RNA crystallography	9
microRNA‐based diagnostic and therapeutic applications in cancer medicine	9
RNA base editors: The emerging approach of RNA therapeutics	9
Post‐transcriptional regulation of polycistronic microRNAs	9
RNA splicing regulators play critical roles in neurogenesis	9
Untacking small RNA profiling and RNA fragment footprinting: Approaches and challenges in library construction	9
Integrated Biochemical and Computational Methods for Deciphering RNA‐Processing Codes	9
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The story of rRNA expansion segments: Finding functionality amidst diversity	8
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Alternative splicing: An efficient regulatory approach towards plant developmental plasticity	7
The potential versatility of RNA catalysis	7
The role of alternative splicing and splicing factors in diabetes: Current status and future perspectives	7
PINTology: A short history of the lncRNA LINC‐PINT in different diseases	7
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The RNA regulatory programs that govern lymphocyte development and function	6
SKI complex: A multifaceted cytoplasmic RNA exosome cofactor in mRNA metabolism with links to disease, developmental processes, and antiviral responses	6
The landscape of lncRNAs in cell granules: Insights into their significance in cancer	6
Challenges in Therapeutically Targeting the RNA‐Recognition Motif	6
Host and viral RNA dysregulation during BK polyomavirus infection in kidney transplant recipients	6
Undervalued and novel roles of heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins in autoimmune diseases: Resurgence as potential biomarkers and targets	6
To initiate or not to initiate: A critical assessment of eIF2A, eIF2D, and MCT‐1·DENR to deliver initiator tRNA to ribosomes	6
The Definition of RNA Age Related to RNA Sequence Changes	6
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Exosome‐derived long noncoding RNAs: Mediators of host–Plasmodium parasite communication	5
The latest role of nerve‐specific splicing factor PTBP1 in the transdifferentiation of glial cells into neurons	5
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Cancer‐derived non‐coding RNAs endow tumor microenvironment with immunosuppressive properties	5
RNA modifications as emerging therapeutic targets	5
The importance of RNA modifications: From cells to muscle physiology	5
The emerging roles of CFIm25 (NUDT21/CPSF5) in human biology and disease	5
Target‐directed microRNA degradation: Mechanisms, significance, and functional implications	4
Computational methods for predicting hotspots at protein–RNA interfaces	4
Potential applications of N⁶‐methyladenosine modification in the prognosis and treatment of cancers via modulating apoptosis, autophagy, and ferroptosis	4
Imprinted small nucleolar RNAs: Missing link in development and disease?	4
Progress of CRISPR‐based programmable RNA manipulation and detection	4
Caught in the act—Visualizing ribonucleases during eukaryotic ribosome assembly	4
Noncoding RNA mutations in cancer	4
A comprehensive checklist of computational resources and methodologies for noncoding RNAs in systems medicine	4
Functional Landscape of hnRNPA3 in Disease Pathogenesis	4
p53 and RNA viruses: The tug of war	4
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Microexon alternative splicing of small GTPase regulators: Implication in central nervous system diseases	3
The Central Dogma revisited: Insights from protein synthesis, CRISPR, and beyond	3
Riboregulation in bacteria: From general principles to novel mechanisms of the trp attenuator and its sRNA and peptide products	3
Mitochondrial RNA, a new trigger of the innate immune system	3
Small‐RNA‐guided histone modifications and somatic genome elimination in ciliates	3
Keeping development on time: Insights into post‐transcriptional mechanisms driving oscillatory gene expression during vertebrate segmentation	3
Spatial analysis toolkits for RNA in situ sequencing	3
Uncovering the impacts of alternative splicing on the proteome with current omics techniques	3
Physiological and engineered tRNA aminoacylation	3
RNA thermometers and other regulatory elements: Diversity and importance in bacterial pathogenesis	3
The spectrum of pre‐mRNA splicing in autism	3